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Many thanks to Ellie Bowler, MFL Co-ordinator from Cove Junior School for these ideas.  \nPoints to consider when using this resource  \nThere are many ways to exploit these books using whole class repetition and question and answer.  \nIf you are a subscriber to Languages News , please also see the article in our autumn 2024 edition titled Using storybooks in primary MFL.  \nMFL Primary suggested book list – French  \nEllie Bowler from Cove Junior School has kindly put together a list of storybooks for teaching primary French. These are all available on YouTube and are aimed at very young people and native speakers. If you have any further suggestions to add to this list, please let the HIAS MFL team know!  \n\n| Year Group | Book | Topics covered/content | Possible teaching approaches |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 3 | Toutes les couleurs by Alex Sanders\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>[https://www.little-linguist.co.uk/toutes-les](https://www.little-linguist.co.uk/toutes-les)couleurs. html. | Toutes les couleurs is a simple story in French that's great for teaching French vocabulary for different colours. This little rabbit is very colourful! He slips on the grass – giving him a green bottom. Next, he eats some strawberries – and ends up with a red mouth. Jumping in mud makes his feet brown and picking flowers gives him yellow paws. Time for a bath in the blue water!\u003Cbr>Toutes les couleurs is written entirely in French as it is aimed at native French speakers. The vocabulary covered includes simple body parts and basic colours. | Use the YouTube versions of the story and slow down the audio.\u003Cbr>Repetition of colours and body parts with a focus on phonics (eg couleur, bouche, rouge) . Pupils could draw multicoloured animals and label the colours. |\n|  | Bon appetit, Monsieur Lapin by Claude Boujon\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>[www.amazon.co.uk/Appetit-Monsieur-Lapin](www.amazon.co.uk/Appetit-Monsieur-Lapin)Claude-Boujon/dp/2211062814 . | Bon appétit, Monsieur Lapin is a funny, simple story in French that is great for teaching French vocabulary for different animals. Monsieur Lapin is fed up with eating carrots all the time and decides to find out what other animals eat.\u003Cbr>Bon appétit, Monsieur Lapin is written entirely in French as it is intended for native users. The language is fairly simple as it is aimed at young children. | Again, the YouTube video is available.\u003Cbr>A good activity to practise the animal names would be to mime and repeat them. This could also be followed up with a game of Simon says.\u003Cbr>True or false statements can be used to check understanding eg le lapin mange une carotte. |\n\n\n| 4 | La chenille qui fait des trous by Eric Carle\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>[https://www.little-linguist.co.uk/the-very](https://www.little-linguist.co.uk/the-very)hungry-caterpillar-french-la-chenille-qui-faitdes-trous. html. | This all-time favourite follows The very hungry caterpillar as it grows from egg to cocoon to beautiful butterfly.\u003Cbr>La chenille qui fait des trous is an ideal storybook for teaching the days of the week, counting, colours and fruits in French. The book is written entirely in French as it is aimed at native French speakers, although the language is fairly simple as it is aimed at very young children. 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